Skandocious
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So I've got about 3400 miles on the new truck and I think it's well broken in. At 65mph on a flat highway I can easily achieve 20.5 mpg for extended periods of highway driving and I think if I could really get on a flat highway (bay area is fairly hilly) then I could probably hit 21 mpg no problem.
With mixed driving and a fairly heavy foot (because I have to be somewhat aggressive when I drive around Silicon Valley) I usually don't have a problem holding about 17-17.5 mpg. Not bad, all things considered. Mixed driving if I'm shooting for good MPGs I can usually hit 18.5 mpg.
Keep 1 thing in mind, this is almost the least fuel efficient EcoBoost that I could have purchased... 4x4, Crew Cab, 6.5' bed, 3.73 gearing, max trailer/tow pkg. I see some guys on other forums getting into the mid 20s but they've got gas sipper trucks (ie, 2wd, 3.15/3.31 gearing, reg/super cab, 5.5' bed, etc).
All things considered, this truck does real well on mileage-- how can I complain about 20mpg when this thing is borderline sports car status. There was a dude on another forum that ran his at the track with a lift and meaty tires and he got [email protected] w/ 2.25 60'. Not bad for a big *** truck if you ask me.
With mixed driving and a fairly heavy foot (because I have to be somewhat aggressive when I drive around Silicon Valley) I usually don't have a problem holding about 17-17.5 mpg. Not bad, all things considered. Mixed driving if I'm shooting for good MPGs I can usually hit 18.5 mpg.
Keep 1 thing in mind, this is almost the least fuel efficient EcoBoost that I could have purchased... 4x4, Crew Cab, 6.5' bed, 3.73 gearing, max trailer/tow pkg. I see some guys on other forums getting into the mid 20s but they've got gas sipper trucks (ie, 2wd, 3.15/3.31 gearing, reg/super cab, 5.5' bed, etc).
All things considered, this truck does real well on mileage-- how can I complain about 20mpg when this thing is borderline sports car status. There was a dude on another forum that ran his at the track with a lift and meaty tires and he got [email protected] w/ 2.25 60'. Not bad for a big *** truck if you ask me.
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